About the UTS Startups Festival

What if people really understood your idea, your product... your startup? What if that customer, investor, stakeholder really just “got it”? What if you could convince the world about what you do? 

What if people really understood your idea, your product... your startup? What if that customer, investor, stakeholder really just “got it”? What if you could convince the world about what you do?  We're celebrating 4 years of UTS Startups, 900 startups created and 450 still active! We're also celebrating the UTS Venture Day by combining the events for the UTS Startups Awards and UTS Venture Day finals on 31 August, plus so many more experiences designed to inspire and support your startup journey. 

What's lined up?

  • UTS Startups Awards and UTS Venture Day - join us for heats and finals throughout August, held on campus and streamed online.
  • UTS Startups Confessions - hear founder stories, how they started and what they learned along the way.
  • Pitch your Startup - whether you have an idea or an established venture, there are prizes to win at this years Awards!
  • Events and experiences - explore our community, exchange ideas and meet some of the tech-enabled startups that are changing the game.

10 august to 2 September

View the the Festival line up

About UTS Startups

We inspire and support past, current and aspiring UTS students to discover entrepreneurship, with Australia's largest university Startup community. 
Find out more about how we can support you, and join here.

  If you are interested in supporting and connecting with our startups community, please get in touch for partnership opportunities. 

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.